Stake and strand simulating fabric



May 21, 1929.

| LARSEN STAKE AND STRAND SIMULATING FABRIC Filed March 18, 1926 flue/126 [66UZ5 Z62; "Jew Patented May Ell, i929.

ll ltl ll if ll'l Alma LEWIS LARSlE-INT, OF IVEENOMINEE, MICHIGAN, AFSIGNOR TO HEYVIOOD-WAKEFXELD COMPANY, 6F BGSCEGIKI, 'MASSi-lCHUSETTS, A CURPOBATIQN U1 MASSACHUSETTS.

STAKE AND STRAND SIEEULATING FABRIC.

Application filed March 18, 1926. Serial No. 95,804.

This invention relates to improvements in stake and strand snnulating fabric and it consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The primary objectof the invention is to provide a fabric or frame covering material which closely simulates the appearance of a stake and strand fabric of reed or the like, and which may be made at a greatly reduced price. v

Another object of the invention is to provide a fabric which may be made to the de' sired outline for application to an article frame, and which includes strand portions through which stakes may be laced or insert ed, thus reducing waste of time and material in trimming the fabric to size.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a fabric of this kind which includes a selvage, not only to enhance the appearance thereof but also to provide a convenientpart for nailing, or otherwise attaching the same, to the associated article frame.

The above mentioned objects, as well as others, together with the many advantages thereof, will more fully appear as I proceed with my specification.

in the drawings Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of what in use is the outside surface of a fabric covering for an open back baby or doll carriage, embodying one form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View, on an enlarged scale, of a fragment of the fabric showing the inside thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the fab ric as taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. d is a horizontal section through the I same, as taken on the line l-& of Fig. 1.

In illustrating my invention, the same is shown as embodied in a fabric of such form or outline as to be applied to the body frame of an open back baby carriage, but, as is apparent, the same is not intended as by way of limitation, because it may be readily made in such forms or outlines as are required to fit any article frame to which it is to be applied.

The fabric includes a body blank 1, made of sheet material, and preferably of a good quality of relatively stiff paper. As shown herein, the blank is of such a contour as to permit of its ready attachment to a baby carriage frame of the open back type, and includes a central body portion 9. and wing portions 33, one on each side of the body portion. In this instance, the wing portions are disposed in oppositely and downwardly curved planes, at rather shallow angles with respect to the plane of the body portion, and the end of each wing is rounded as shown instead of terminating abruptly.

in the body and wing portions of the blank are punched longitudinally extendmgrows of spaced slits each row being suitably spaced from the adjacent rows to provide transversely extending rows of strand simulating portions It is to be understood that longitudinally and transversely, as herein employed, are only relative and are not employed in a limiting sense. The transverse rows of strands are spaced apart, or are disposed alternately with respect to parallel intermediate strand connecting or bond portions 66, which are narrower than the strand portions. The top and bottom rows of slits at are spaced inwardly from the top and bottom edges of the blank, thus forming top and bottom selvages or marginal portions 7 and 8, which are each of a width greater than a single strand portion width. All the rows of slits terminate at their ends, shortof the ends of the wings, thus forming selvages or marginal portions 9-9 on said wings. Should it be desired to incorporate certain designs or configurations in the finished fabric to enhance the appearance thereof, this may be readily done by omitting certain slits in predetermined rows of slits, thus leaving portions or areas in the body blank wherein some of the strand por tions are of a greater area than those generally throughout the remainder of said body blank, as best shown at l0l0 in Fig. 1, whereby a substantially diamond shaped design is produced.

With a body blank thus formed, I employ stakes 11, such as areused in the reed article industry, and which may be either natural reed or reed fibre, the latter usually including' a metallic core which gives it strength and rigidity, but permits it to be flexed. Each stake, which may or may not be cut to size before use, is inserted through the slits defining one row of strand simulating portions 5. and in simulating regular over and under stake and strand fabric, the stakes are so inserted that alternate strand simulating portions engage one side of the stakes, and

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ternate portionsare disposed upon one side ofv all of said stakes, and the intermediate portions iLI'GtllSPOSGCl on the opposite side of all of said stakes, the ends of said stakes always being disposed on the same side of the fabric body, as best shown in 'Flgs. Qand 8, which side is the inside of the fabrlc, after attachmentto an article frame. In the portions 10 of the fabric body, the strand portions are herein shown as being of a Width equal to three of theordinary widths of strand portions, but this proportional width may be changed as desired to better the contrasting design in the fabric.

It is to benoted that the bond portions 6, which extend from top to bottom of the body fabric, are in no manner slit or severed so far as the selvage margins 7 and 8 are concerned, and that they therefore act to connect said margins together andimpart a stability or stiffness to the blank when considered transversely, and thus assist the stakes in this action. -Again, the bonding portions perform another function in that they cause the strand simulating portions to be flexed or put under a slight tension after insertion of the stakes, whereby the stakes are not only tightly gripped but are prevented from shifting'latproduce orally, and are thus maintained in their proper and intended position, so that regularity of appearance is insured in the finished'fabric Such a fabric, asjust described, has great strength in a plane parallel with the stakes, but is so flexible in a lengthwise direc-i tlon that it eas ly conforms to the frame to which it is applied.

. As is apparent, the rows of slits may be continuous in length so as to make the strand portions in the form of ribbons extending the length of the slits. However, under such a construction, there would be nothing to main-' tain the stakes against shifting laterally, and even the strands mightbe displaced and there would be y no bonding portions, so that such a construction would not be so practical for all. intents of the fabrlc.

VVlnlcin describing my invention I have referred to certain details of mechanical construction, as well asform and arrangement of the several parts thereof, I do not Wish. to be limited thereto, except as may be pointedout in the appended claims. 7 I claim as my invention:

1. A covering for a portable article frame and simulating a stake and strand of fabric,

comprising a fabric body of sheet material having rows of spaced'apart slits extend ng in one direction of the body, and defining rows of strand simulating portions: extending in another direction of thebody, with one row of strand simulating portions connected to the adjacent rows of bonding portions, and stakes inserted through desired slits over and under the strand simulating portions in each roW so that desired strand simulating por-,

tions are disposed-upon opposite sides of the stakes.

2. A covering for a portable article frame and simulating a stake and strand fabric,

comprising a fabric body having parallel rows of spaced apart slits extending m one direction of the body and defining rows of strand simulating portions extending in another direction of the body with one row of strand simulating'portions connected to the adjacent rows by bonding port1ons,the top and bottom rows of slits being spaced from V the adjacent edges of the fabric body a dis-' tance greater thanthe width of the strand simulating portions thus provided and the ends of said rows of spaced slits terminating short of the ends of said fabric body, to provide an unslitted selvagc extending entirely about the margins of said fabric body, and stakes inserted through desired slits over and under the strand simulating portions in each row so that desired strand -simulating portions are disposed upon opposite sides of the stakes. i

3. A covering for a portable article frame and simulating a stake and strand fabric,

comprising a fabric body having parallel rows of spaced apart slits extending in one direction of the body' and defining rows of strand simulting portions extending in another direction of the body With one row of strand simulating portions connected to the adjacent rows by bonding portions,the top and bottom row-s ofslits being spaced from the adjacent edges of the fabricbody a distance greater than the Width of the strand simulating portions thus produced and the ends of said rows ofv spaced slits terminating short of the ends of said fabric'body to provide an unslitted selvage extending entirely about the margins of said-fabric body, and

stakes inserted through desired slits over and under the strand simulating portions in each row so that desired strand simulating portions are disposed upon-opposite: sides of the stakes, the ends of said stakes all being positioned'on the same side of the body fabric;

l. A covering for a portable article frame and simulating a stake and strand fabriccoin prising a fabric body of's'heet material hav- .ing rows of spaced slits defining spaced rows of strandwsimulating portions extending at substantially right angles to the rowsof spaced slits and continuous bond portions between said rows of strand simulating por- CIl tions, and stakes inserted under and over desired strand simulating portions in each row thereof, to bring desired strand simulating portions upon opposite sides of the stakes.

A stake and strand simulating fabric comprising a fabric body of sheet material having rows of spaced slits extending in one direct-ion of the body and defining rows of strand simulating port-ions extending in the other direction of the sheet and separated by intermediate bond portions, said slits being so disposed as to provide a selvage about the margin of the body and with which the bond portions are integral, and stakesinserted under and over desired strand simulating portions in each row thereof to bring desired strand simulating portions upon opposite sides of the stakes, the ends of all of said stakes terminating at opposite selvages and on the same side of the body fabric.

A stake and strand simulating fabric comprising a fabric body of sheet material having rows of spaced. slits extending parallel with two of the oppositeedges ofthe body portion, and defining rows of strand simulating portions extending at a right angle to said edges and separated by bond portions, desired slits in some of said rows of slits being omitted to provide strand simulating portions of an area greater than the others, and stakes inserted under and over desired strand simulating portions in each row to bring desired strand simulating portions upon opposite sides of the stakes, said strand simulating portions of greater area providing a contrast in appearance relative to the other strand simu lating portions.

7. A stake and strand simulating fabric comprising a fabric body of sheet material having rows of spaced slits extending parallel with two of the opposite edges of the body portion, and defining rows of strand simulating portions extending at a right angle to said edges and separated by bond portions, desired slits in some of said rows of slits being omitted to provide strand simulating portions of an area greater than the others, said slits all being spaced from the edges of the body fabric to provide a selvage therefor, and stakes inserted under and over desired strand simulating portions in each row to bring desired strand simulating portions upon opposite sides of the stakes which terminate at their ends on the same side of opposite selvages, said strand simulating portions of greater area providing a contrast in appearance relative to the other strand simulating portions.

8. A stake and strand simulating fabric comprising a fabric body of sheet material having rows of spaced slits extending in one direction of the body and defining rows of strand simulating portions arranged at a right angle thereto and separated by bond portions, the said rows of strand simulating sides of the stakes which terminate at their ends on the same side of opposite selvages.

9. A covering for a portable article frame and simulating a stake and strand fabric comprising a fabric body of sheet material having rows of strand simulating portions slit from, but integral with, the body, and sepa rated by continuous bands of bonding portions arranged parallel with and between the ends of the strand simulating portions in adjacent rows, and stakes inserted under and over desired strand simulating portions in each row.

10. A stake and strand simulating fabric comprising a fabric body having rows of strand simulating portions separated by bonding portions and spaced within the edges of the fabric body to provide a selvage extending entirely about the same and with which the bonding portions are integral, and stakes inserted under and over desired strand portions in each row and terminating at their ends upon the same side of opposite selvage portions.

11. A covering for a portable article frame and simulating a stake and strand fabric comprising a fabric body including a central portion and a wing portion at each side thereof and disposed at an angle thereto, said fabric body having rows of strand simulating portions extending transversely thereof with a continuous bonding portion between adjacent rows of strand simulating portions and stakes inserted under and over desired strand portions in each row, said stakes in the wing portions extending at an angle with respect to those in the body portion.

12. A fabric body for a portable article frame covering comprising a body blank of desired outline and having rows of spaced slits therein defining rows of strand simulating portions extending at substantially a right angle to said slits and continuous bond portions separating said strand portions, said body blank having unslit marginal portions providing a selvage margin about the body and with which said bonding portions are integral.

13. A fabric body for a portable article frame covering comprising a body blank having rows of spaced slits therein defining rows of strand simulating portions extending at a right angle to said slits and continuous bond portions separating said strand portions and stakes inserted under and over the desired strand portions in each row, some of said stakes extending at an angle with respect to others of said stakes.

14. A fabric body for a portable article fraine covering comprising a body blank having one part extending at an angle with re spect to a second part, said parts having rows of spaced slitstherein, defining rows-of strand snnulatlng portions extending ata right ranglerto said slits and continuous bond portions separating the rows of strand portions and stakes insertednnderand over desired strand portions'in each row, said stakes cxtending substantially parallel with the continuous bond portions tbetween'the rowsof strandportions. r r

1R. Theanethod of producing a covering, fabrlc for a portable'artiele frame Wl eh con sists in forming; a sheet of flX1lJl6 material to desired outline and slitting the saine'to provide rows of spaced slits extending in one direction of the sheet, said slits defining spaced rows of strand portions extending at substantially a right angle to the rows of slits which strand portions are connected by continuous bond portions, displacing desired strand portions to one side or the other of the plane of said sheet of material and inserting stakes between saidstrand portions so that some of the strand portions are on-one side] of the stakes and other strand portions are on the other side ofsaid stakes.

16 The method of producing a overing fabric fora port-able article frame w ich consists in forming a sheet of flexible material to desired outline and slittingthe same to provide rows of spaced slits extending in one direction of the sheet, the topand bottom rows oi. slits being spaced from the top and bottom edges of thecoveringl material and all 7 the rows of sllts terminating short of the ends of the covering material to form aselvage bounding said covering, said slits defining rows of strand portions separated by bond portions, displacing the desired strand portions. in each row and inserting stakes therein over some strand portions and under others, all stakes terminating on one side 01". the top and bottom selvage of said'sheet;

.17. The method of producing :a covering fabric for a portable article frame which consists in torining'a sheet of flexible material. to the desired outline and slitting the same to provide longitudinal rows oispaecd slits therein which terminate short of the ends ofthe sheet and define transverse rows of flexible strand portions separated by rows of Lewis LARSEN. 

